Airservices and Emirates have partnered to conduct a demonstration flight through Australian airspace showing how improved air traffic management can reduce the impact of aviation on the environment. Emirates 777-300ER operating EK434 from Dubai to Brisbane on September 1 was part of the Indian Ocean Strategic Partnership to Reduce Emissions (INSPIRE) program. The program aims
Airservices has commissioned its new $16.9 million control tower at Adelaide Airport, in what Adeialde Airport has described as “a generational change in air traffic control, moving from a paper-based system to electronic”. At 44 metres high, the new tower, which is more than twice the height of the former building built in 1983, mirrors
Lockheed Martin will team with four leading air traffic management (ATM) technology providers in bidding for the oneSKY Australia tender. oneSKY is the project name given to the procurement by Airservices and Defence of Australia’s new generation ATM system, which expected to be operational before the end of the decade. Australia’s Adacel Technologies, Daronmont Technologies
The Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and Raytheon Australia have signed a new five-year, $72 million remediated follow-on support contract for the ongoing maintenance and repair of the Australian Defence Air Traffic System (ADATS). Head of the DMO’s Electronic Systems Division Michael Aylward said the new contract will realise an estimated $14 million in savings. The contract
The insight into reported apparent safety deficiencies within Airservices by ABC News represents a worthy raising of potential issues with Australia’s air navigation services provider. But it also warrants at a closer look at balance that needs to be applied in such matters. Headlining the exposé, it should first be noted that the “internal report”
A CASA-led taskforce has cautioned that the lack of use of ADS-B in the rapidly-growing Western Australia aviation sector could see the imposition of restrictive measures if aircraft operators do not accelerate the fitment of ADS-B avionics. The taskforce, established by CASA in 2011 comprising the Department of Infrastructure, Airservices and Defence to conduct a
